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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1908, Berlin: A Cabaret - 1923: A Doctor, A Diagnosis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1921, New York City: The Bowery Theatre, the lines that were spoken at previous theatres is now spoken in what language?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) Creole.

2. This section (1908, Berlin: A Cabaret) begins with the lights coming up on a cabaret in Berlin, as the troupe dances how?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Gracefully.
(c) Nervously.
(d) Erotically.

3. Why does Nakhmen groan as they prepare to read Sholem's play?
(a) It begins by talking about Jewish traditions.
(b) It starts off with a matchmaker named Yente.
(c) It takes place in a brothel, like so many other plays.
(d) It begins with an old Jewish tale.

4. What does Dorothee NOT ask Virginia regarding what will shock her parents more?
(a) She is a girl in love with a prostitute.
(b) She has run away from home to act in her very first play.
(c) She is playing a Jewish girl.
(d) She is in a Jewish company.

5. What is Madje's first response to Sholem's play?
(a) Chas v'shalom.
(b) Oh.
(c) Wow.
(d) What is this trash?

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Indecent begin?

2. Where does Sholem say he will take his stones?

3. What is Sholem's response when Nakhmen says he is representing the Jewish people as prostitutes and pimps?

4. How does Schildkraut react to Esther's treatment of Virginia?

5. When Virginia says that she cannot breathe when she looks at Dorothee, how does Lemml respond?

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